Tag Archive: community

Eight Tips To Encourage Participation, Intimacy, Community In Your Conferences And Events

Tweet When was the last time you visited a museum? Nina Simon‘s Complicity, Intimacy, Community post about fostering personal relationships with visitors in small and large spaces brought back a flood of memories of some of my museum experiences. You should read it and then come back here. Go ahead, I’ll be here when you…

Who Is In Charge Of The Attendee Meeting Experience? Why You Need A Meeting Steward

Tweet Who is planning, facilitating and managing the attendee’s experience at your conference and events? Is it the job of the meeting professional? The education or marketing departments? The conference organizers? The attendee? Often no one person or group that is involved in organizing the meeting is actually taking a holistic approach to facilitating the…

Connecting: A Radical New Vision For Conferences And Events

Tweet Connections. As important as the plug is to the outlet so the electricity can flow. As important as the computer programming is to the wireless cell tower so our cell phones work. As important as the water faucet is to the plumbing so we can have fresh water. As important as the heart pumping…

The Four Cs Of Conferences And Social Media

Tweet This post is my contribution to the free eBook, Social Media For Events 2010: 7 Event Experts Weigh In On The Year Ahead compiled and created by Lara McCullouch-Carter. The Four Cs Of Conferences And Social Media Many novices and skeptics find social media confusing, much less trying to integrate social media with their events. …

14 Online eCommunity Options For Your Next Annual Meeting

Tweet Online conference eCommunities were the rage in 2009 Did you offer one for your annual meeting attendees? I did. So what are they? Online eCommunities are virtual communities of people that primarily interact via the Internet for social, professional, educational or other purposes. Online Conference eCommunities have become a supplemental form of communication between…